The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Gastropoda

(Snails & Limpets)

HYDROBIIDAE

Phreatodrobia micra (Pilsbry & Ferris)

Flattened Cavesnail

*ENDANGERED/IMPERILED or OF CONCERN

 

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Synonyms:  Hauffenia micra (Pilsbry & Ferris)
                                           (Burch 1989; Burch & Tottenham 1980; Pennak 1989; Pilsbry & Ferris 1906 in Burch 1982)
                   Horatia micra
(Pilsbry & Ferris)
                                          (
Nicholas 1960; Reddell 1965; Murray & Roy 1968; Reddell 1970; Longley 1975; Fullington     
                                            1978; Pennak 1978; Holsinger & Longley 1980; Fullington 1982; Neck 1984)

 

 

 

Distribution Citations

1906 Pilsbry & Ferris in
         Burch 1982

1960 Nicholas
1965 Reddell
[1968 Murray & Roy]

[1970 Reddell]
1975 Longley
1978 Fullington
[1978 Pennak]

 

1980 Burch & Tottenham
1980 Holsinger & Longely
[1982 Fullington]
1984 Neck
1986 Longley
1989 Burch
[1989 Pennak]

[2000 Ourso & Hornig]
[2003 TCDC]
[2008 NatureServe]

 

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-troglobitic species (Reddell 1970) but occasionally collected as drift in artesian wells or rivers (Pilsbry & Ferriss 1906 in Nicholas 1960; Reddell 1965)

*Species of concern (AOBIS 2001); Imperiled (NatureServe 2008; TCDC 2003)

-also reported from "Southern Texas" (Pennak 1978)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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